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Tlister86
Original Poster
3 posts
9 months
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Hi all, I just signed up to PH so I could ask some advice... I was trying to post in the law part of the forum but it won't let me!
I was driving home from work tonight when I heard a big bang on my roof, I couldn't believe it so pulled over to see if what I thought had happened had actually happened...
End result... A branch say of about 50-75mm in diameter and around 300-400mm long had fell out of the tree at the exact time I was driving past... Im so pissed off by this as now I have a dint in the roof of my 2011 cooper SD...
Can I claim damages from the council for this?! All advice is welcome please!!
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P I Staker
2,304 posts
25 months
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Claim on the trees insurance.
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Tlister86
Original Poster
3 posts
9 months
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Hi all, I just signed up to PH so I could ask some advice... I was trying to post in the law part of the forum but it won't let me!
I was driving home from work tonight when I heard a big bang on my roof, I couldn't believe it so pulled over to see if what I thought had happened had actually happened...
End result... A branch say of about 50-75mm in diameter and around 300-400mm long had fell out of the tree at the exact time I was driving past... Im so pissed off by this as now I have a dint in the roof of my 2011 cooper SD...
Can I claim damages from the council for this?! All advice is welcome please!!
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thinfourth2
23,508 posts
73 months
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I would see if you can get whiplash and some compo for mental stress
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wolves_wanderer
7,944 posts
106 months
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I'm afraid councils are only liable if a branch is longer than 401mm. Sorry.
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thinfourth2
23,508 posts
73 months
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Advice
The world isn't fair
Deal with it
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starf
31 posts
29 months
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Twice in one night? You are seriously unlucky.
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rb5er
4,549 posts
41 months
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thinfourth2 said: Advice
The world isn't fair
Deal with it This is good advice. Its hard enough to get them to payout for pothole damage.
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Torquey
1,039 posts
97 months
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Send mother nature the invoice.
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cuprabob
2,490 posts
83 months
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Does that mean that your car now looks like the Mini Coupe :-)
Seriously, no one to claim against so you'll just need to move on.
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paulw123
226 posts
59 months
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wolves_wanderer said: I'm afraid councils are only liable if a branch is longer than 401mm. Sorry. just spat my coffee out!
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TheHeretic
67,822 posts
124 months
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God is trying to kill you. Alternatively, this could be a 'Final Deatination' type scenario and you will have to pay the piper at some point. Beware of buses, leaking fuel, roller coaster, trains, k Ives, cars, axes, electrical sockets, more trees, and so on. You could die at any moment.
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kambites
32,842 posts
90 months
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Why would it be the council's responsibility?
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smn159
1,254 posts
86 months
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Councils have a legal obligation to inspect all trees daily for defects. Get down there in the morning and demand to see their records to verify that this has been taking place. I bet that the lazy b  ds have been slacking.
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mgtony
1,470 posts
59 months
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So, now the branch fainted? 
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iva cosworth
6,663 posts
32 months
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What a coincidence  My car roof has been fainted too or was it dinted 
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rowey200
206 posts
50 months
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BarbaricAvatar
436 posts
17 months
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Go find the tree that threw it and ask why it doesn't like you.
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aka_kerrly
4,776 posts
79 months
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Count yourself lucky, I was with a mate once when a branch fell and went straight through the back window!!
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ChrisRS6
463 posts
52 months
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smn159 said: Councils have a legal obligation to inspect all trees daily for defects. Get down there in the morning and demand to see their records to verify that this has been taking place. I bet that the lazy b ds have been slacking. ALL trees daily for defects??? Daily?..every tree...???...that would run into thousands of trees? Come on youve made that up surely?
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